The company reveals in its latest annual PRN report that the research looked into the use of more can scrap in its basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS) process.
The report, entitled Leading in Recycling, details how Corus has invested packaging producer responsibility revenue drawn from the sale of packaging waste recovery notes (PRNs) to producers into projects to increase the recycling of steel packaging.
During 2006, 32 projects and 53 local authorities benefited from Corus PRN funding, the report said.
CanRoute
Last month saw the seventh anniversary of Corus' CanRoute collection network, which has now recovered more than 145,000 tonnes of steel packaging from landfill since June 1999. In 2006, the network of 14 sites across the UK collected 47,000 tonnes of steel, an increase of 31% on 2005.
David Williams, manager of Corus Steel Packaging Recycling, commented: “With the UK's steel packaging recycling rate already surpassing the 2008 target of 54% set by the UK government two years early, the challenge now is to continue this momentum.”
Mr Williams said within the report that his company's main priorities included increasing the quality of collected steel cans by putting into place additional sorting infrastructure.
Communications were another priority, with funding allocated to the Big Recycle campaign as well as investment put into producing awareness materials via the re-launched educational website www.scrib.org.
“Our priorities are to maintain record recycling levels for steel, and to ensure that as many people as possible recognise that steel is a safe, sustainable and successful packaging medium. The strategic application of PRN funds will help to ensure that our previous achievements in this field continue, demonstrating to our customers and the packaging industry as a whole, our commitment to investing in the future of steel packaging recycling.”
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